Reach me my stick and belt.

Here! Lend a hand, master.

Fling this over my shoulder, and buckle it behind, will you ?' 'Brisk as ever!' said the secretary, adjusting it for him as he desired.
'A man need be brisk to-day; there's brisk work a-foot.' 'There is, is there ?' said Gashford.

He said it with such a provoking assumption of ignorance, that Hugh, looking over his shoulder and angrily down upon him, replied: 'Is there! You know there is! Who knows better than you, master, that the first great step to be taken is to make examples of these witnesses, and frighten all men from appearing against us or any of our body, any more ?' 'There's one we know of,' returned Gashford, with an expressive smile, 'who is at least as well informed upon that subject as you or I.' 'If we mean the same gentleman, as I suppose we do,' Hugh rejoined softly, 'I tell you this--he's as good and quick information about everything as--' here he paused and looked round, as if to make sure that the person in question was not within hearing, 'as Old Nick himself.

Have you done that, master?
How slow you are!' 'It's quite fast now,' said Gashford, rising.